Spinoza bibliography online network how is spinoza. Dave mesing chantal jaquet, affects, actions, and passions in spinoza trans. The twentyfive articles collected for this anthology display a wide range of interpretations to central themes in spinozas philosophy. Thomas pearson is a poet, artist, musician and architectural conservationist from the northeast of england, based in york. His writing has been commissioned by penned in the margins and the university of leicester and published by block, aschb and the architects journal. Uncorrected paperswallace matson 4 excellent essays on spinoza start there. One of the early thinkers of the enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions. The best books on the philosophy of information five. The book displays a panoramic picture of spinoza scholarship over the last three.
Spinozas ethics is founded on the idea that we are egoists who should do nothing but search our own advantage e4p24, but that in doing so, this is when we are. Whereas studies of spinoza in english have emphasized the logic of the ethics, these essays instead focus on the marginal and developmental moments that have had such a profound effect on french thought. Among philosophers, spinoza is best known for his ethics, a monumental work that presents an ethical vision. The max margles memorial fund of the jpl presents a. Most of us know heard about him through albert einstein when asked if he believed in god, he answered i believe in spinozas god. The twentyfive articles collected for this anthology display a wide range of interpretations to central themes in spinoza s philosophy. The contrasted analysis of personalities, that of philosopher bento spinoza and of nazi ideologist alfred rosenberg. The best books on the philosophy of information recommended by luciano floridi. It is a strong collection of essays that are individually thoughtprovoking and collectively coherent, giving the widest possible overview of the interesting work being done on spinoza today. Seligman, author of flourish irvin yaloms the spinoza problem is an amazing novel that combines fact and fiction in a spellbinding manner. Recent decades have seen the 17thcentury dutch jewish thinker reincarnated again and again, even wandering the earth in multiple bodies at once. Byatts possession, but with more seventeenthcentury judaism. Online shopping from a great selection at books store.
Spinoza on community, affectivity, and life values by. The prose rewrites the opening salvos of spinozas ethics through a conversation between two people walking around a parking lot and talking about dogs, an actual dog in someones yard, and people in a theater watching what turns out to be a film. Little is known about the psyche of either baruch spinoza or alfred rosenberg, yet using his extraordinary ability to peer into the minds of his. Also included are selections from other works by spinoza, chosen by curley to make the ethics easier to understand, and a substantial introduction that gives an overview of spinozas life and the main themes of his philosophy. Alessandra roberti 3405281987 elisabetta bonizzi 3384540360. Seligman, author of flourish the spinoza problem is a ringing endorsement for an authentically philosophical life, wherein a toweringly heroic philosopher is persecuted in two eras. Spinoza engaged in correspondence from december 1664 to june 1665 with willem van blijenbergh, an amateur calvinist theologian, who questioned spinoza on the definition of evil. Yalom is the author of several professional works and a novelist who has introduced three different philosophers into his fictionfirst nietzsche, then schopenhauer and now spinoza. Hey everyone, im crossposting this from rphilosophy i started a series of videos on one of my favorite philosophers.
The spinoza problem is a ringing endorsement for an authentically philosophical life, wherein a toweringly heroic philosopher is persecuted in two eras. Spinozas magnum opus, the ethics, was published posthumously in the year of his death. In the book, spinoza became the first to argue that the bible is not literally the word of god but rather a work of human literature. A really good expose of spinozas philosophy, succinct but not dumbed down. The oxford professor of philosophy and the ethics of information says methods for discussing the ethics of information technology have been latent in philosophy from its origins. The reader is presented with a living debate engaged by firstrate scholars, who come to grips with the ideas of a philosopher seen as one of the few founders of the modern mind. Spinoza now is an important addition to a new strand of literature on philosopher baruch spinoza. We publish works in the fields of philosophy, religion, and ethics by past and contemporary authors who have something significant to say about the human.
The new spinoza articulates that presence, making the influence and significance of spinoza perfectly clear for a new generation of philosophy. Theres a new literary celebrity in town, and his name is baruch spinoza rachel kadishs the weight of ink is like a. Improvement of the understanding, ethics and correspondence. Of all the philosophers of the seventeenth century, spinoza is among the most relevant today. Reason papers 169 the cambridge companion spinoza, ed. Spinoza on community, affectivity, and life values. A kind of elaborated argument to show that spinozas philosophy was a diamond in the rough, shackled by the last vestiges of medieval scholastic philosophy, yet too far ahead of its time to be appreciated or even understood for a couple of centuries. Baruch spinoza has 177 books on goodreads with 118169 ratings. The novel is a masterpiece, depicting the ultimate triumph of clear and compassionate reason over religious dogma and political pathology alike. Ethics, demonstrated in geometrical order usually known as the ethics, is a philosophical treatise written in latin by baruch spinoza. In subversive spinoza, antonio negri spells out the philosophical credo that inspired his radical renewal of marxism and his compelling analysis of the modern state and the global economy by means of an inspiring reading of the challenging metaphysics of the seventeenthcentury dutchjewish philosopher spinoza.
For negri, spinozas philosophy has never been more relevant than it is today to. Help us create the kind of literary community youve always dreamed of. Two books have been published in the series so far. Spinoza for our time extends and reflects back upon the trilogy of longer, mosaiclike sometimes guernicalike, in their kaleidoscopic ambition. Reason papers 169 the cambridge companion to spinoza, don garrett ed. Bohrs spinoza an experiment in ambiance, lineation and energy exchange is a booklength poem that alternates prose and verse sections. Later in 1665, spinoza notified oldenburg that he had started to work on a new book, the theologicopolitical treatise. Among the innumerable treasures the nazis stole from europe during world war ii was a collection of books displayed at the spinoza museum in rijnsburg, holland. These philosophers explore spinozas most important themes in detail, opening up new possibilities for reading and interpreting spinoza. Marco abel the connection between french philosopher gilles deleuze and italian political theorist antonio negri has drawn attention in academic publications over the last decade. Vittorio morfino, the spinozamachiavelli encounter trans. Spinoza bibliography online network listed as sbon.
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